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(Application filed Sept. 1, 1898.)

2 Sheet Sheet 1.

.(No Modal.)

No. 627,068. Patented June 8,1899. D. M. SUMEBS. TOBAGGD PIPE HOLDER.

(Application 612% Sept. 1, 1898.) m0 Modl.) 2 Sheels-Sihuet 2.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL M. SOMERS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, J QSEPH L. SOMERS, GUY A. SOMERS, WILLIAM H. ATKINSON, AND ELMER E. SOMERS,

' racks for tobacco-pipes.'

' OF SAME PLACE.

FQBACCO-PIPE HOLDER..

SPECIFICATION forr hing part Of Letters Patent No. 627,068, dated June 13, 1899.

Application filed September 1, 1898. Serial No. 690,004. (No model.) 7

, York city, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipe Holders, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to display holders or The invention aims to provide an improved holder of cheap, convenient, and durable constructidn, whereby the pipes willbe securely supported and held in the desired position for displaying themby means engaging the stems or mouthpieces of the pipes, and es pecially to.pr ovide for so supporting pipes arranged radially and so as to form 'a complete circle of pipes.

To these ends the invention consists of various-features of, construction and arrange ment andcombin'ations of parts, all as will be fully described (and afterward specifically pointed out in-the claims.

can best be given by a detailed description of a preferred construction embodying the various features of the invention, such a dethe accompanying. drawings showing such a.

scription will now be given in connection with construction. 1 v In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front view,

looking in the direction of the arrow 1 of Fig. 2, of a pipe'holder or rack constructed in accordance with the invention and of the pipes supported thereby. 'Fig. 2 is a central verticaisection' looking in the direction of thearrow 2 of Fig. 1., Fig. 3 is a face view, on a larger scale, of thekinner face of the disk formholder and showing some of the supportingpins which extend into the pipe-stem. Fig.

' View showing the means for securing the standards or supports to the body portion of the holder; and Fig. 8 is a front view, with thesi-andards-or supports broken away, of a so holder for curved-stem pipes. Referring to the drawings, and first to Figs.

1 to 7, the body portion of the rack is formed in the preferred construction shown of two similar dished disks :0 -11 struck up from sheet metal and secur d together, with their convex faces facing each other, as by a central pin or rivet 12. Each of the disks is formed with a central projecting portion 2, with a flaring portion 3 around the central 6o portion- 2 and connected thereto preferably .by a flange 4 and with an outer flange 5. The edge of the flange 5 of therear .disk 11 is preferably turned to form a beaded edge, as shown. The outer flange 5 of the front disk 10 receives and supports the flange of a cap 13, which is preferably provided to form a finish for the front disk and .to provide a surface which may be suitably lettered or decorated, The rack is supported in the preferred construction shown by standards or legs 14: 15, formed, preferably, of wire bent to snitable form and secured to a metal plate l or disk 16, which is soldered or otherwise se-. As a full understanding of-the invention cured to the rear disk 11 inside its flange 5. The supporting-leg'ld is secured rigidly to the disk 16, as by collars 6, and the otherleg 15 is pivotally secured by similar collars 7,

' which extend about horizontal portions of the wire forming the leg. Beyond the portions incl'osed by the collars 7 the ends of the wire forming the leg'15 are bent to form suitable stops 8 to prevent the leg 15 moving outward beyond the position shown in Fig. 2.

Extending from between the central portions 2 of the disks 10 and 11 are a series of pipe-supporting pins 20,'which extend into will form adjacent pins, the portions2 being recessed to receive the bent connectingparts I of the rods.

The pins thus formed, in addition to be'ing held in place by the pressure of the portions 2 of the disks 1O 11, are preferably further secured by soldering them to the portion 2 of one of the disks.

Pipes supported by the downward-extendingpins 20 would tend to drop from the pins. To prevent this, I make the pins of such form that they will act as spring-pins and bear on the walls of the draft-passages of the mouthpieces of the pipes, so as to preventthe pipcs from being too readily removed therefrom. For this purpose I preferably form the pins of a slightly-serpentine form, as shown best in Figs. 2 and 4, and a holder having pins of such serpentine form constitutes a fcatu re of the invention. It will be understood, however, that spring-pins of other forms may be used. The use of such spring-pins, which bear upon the walls of the draf -passage of the pipe, not only prevents the pipes on the downwardly-extending pins from dropping from the rack, but acts to hold the pipes on all the pins from turning thereon.

As a further means for preventing the pipes turning on the pins, and also for pre- Venting the pipes on the downwardly-extendpins from falling from the rack, 1 provide r grooves 25., the walls of which engage the I edges .of the mouthpieces or stems of the pipes. I' preferably form Zhcse grooves by forming the shoulders t of the disks 1O and 11 of such depth that the distance betweeng the inn-er portions of the flaring portions 3 of the disks will be less than the width of thel mouthpicces of the pipes to be supported,, and by forming the grooves 25 in these flax; ing portions 3 and on lines corresponding t0 the pins 20, so that when the pipe-stems are forced onto the pins the edges of the stems will be engaged by the walls of these grooves and the pipes thus guided into proper posi-; tion on the pins and further prevented fromturning on the pins or falling from the rack.

In the construction shown in Fig. Slhe pins V 20 a-i'e curved to receive the stems of cnrvedstein pipes. In this case instead of making the pins of the serpentine form shown in Figs. 2 and 4 they are preferably formed to acu'rve slightly dillfcront from that of the pipe-stem to cause them to act as springpins and bind upon the walls of the draft-passages of the pipe-stems. 4

It will be seen that by my invention 1' provide a display holder or rack which while possessing advantages in man nor of supporting the pipes and in convenience of use is of.

cheap and yet strong and durable construction, and in this connection it will be noticed that the front and rear disks l0 and 11 are counterparts of each other, except that the edge of the flange 5 of the disk ll is turned to give a linish to its edge. I

l-ieing of compact construction and holding the pipes very securely the holder is well adapted for packing pipes for transportation in position ready to be displayed, in case it be desired to do this.

It will be understood that I am not to be limited to the exact preferred construction shown for the purpose ofillustrating the inyention, but thatthe invention includes such changes and modifications thereof as come within its scope.

\Vhat is claimed is- 1 l. A holder for tobacco-pipes having a spring-support to extend into the draft-passage of the pipe-stem and bear on the wall thereof, substantially as described. I

A holder for tobacco-pipes having a spring supporting-pin of serpentine form to extend i ntothe draft-passage of the pipe-stem and bear on the wall thereof, substantially as described.

3. A- holder for tobacco-pipes having a spring-support to extend into the draft-passage of the pipe-stem and bear on the wall thereof, and having a groove to engage the stern on the outside, substantially as described.

at. A holder for tobacco-pipes. havinga su poi ting-pin to extend into the'draft-passage of the pipe-stcin and having a groove to en gage the stern on the outside,substantially as described.

5. A holder for tobacco-pipes havi'ng'a circleot' spring-supports toextend into-thedratt passages of the pipe-stems and bear on, the

walls thereof, substantially as described.

6. A holder for tobacco-pipes having a-cir cle of radially-arranged grooves adapted to receive the ends of the pipe-stems to hold the stemsagainst-turning and to support the pipes depending therefrom against the action of gravity, substantially as described.

7. A holder for tobacco-pipes having a cir-. cle of radially-arranged grooves adapted to receive the ends of the pipe-stems, and a aircle of radiallyarranged spring-supports to extend into the draft-passages of the pipe stems and bear on the walls thereof, substantially as described.

8 A holder for tobacco-pipes having a circle of radially-arranged supports'ladapted to extend into the draft-passages ot'the pipestems, and having beaiingsnrfacos to engage the pipestems onopp'o'site sides of the supports, the supports and bearing-surfaces act.-

ing to hold the pipe-stems in position and to support the pipes depending therefrom against the action of gravity, substantialiy as described. i

, 9. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising two dished disks arranged with their centre faeesitoward each other and having suchopposed faces formed with correspo'ndingcircles of radiallyf arranged grooves to engage the stems of the pipes, and a circle of radiallyarranged spring-supports between the disks to extend intothe draft-passages of the pipestems and bear on the walls thereof, substantiallyas described.

, 10. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising two dished disks arranged with their convex facestoward each other and having such opposed faces formed with corresponding circles of radially-arranged grooves to engage the pipe-stems to hold said stems against turning and to support the pipes depending therefrom against the action of gravity, substantially as described. i

11. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising a body portion having opposed faces formed with corresponding series of grooves to engage the stems of the pipes, and a series of -snpportin-g-pins between said opposed faces.

of the body portion of the holder to extend into the draft-passages of the pipe-stems, substantially as described.

12. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising the dished disks l0 and 11 secured together centrally with their convex faces toward each other and formed with the flaring portions 3 and with the corresponding circles of grooves 25 in said flaring portions, and a circle of spring supporting-pins 20 secured between the central portions of said disks and extending outward between the grooved portions 3 of said disks, substantially as described.

13. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising a series of radially-arrangedpipe-supporting pins formed from rods bent so that each end of a rod will,.form a pin, and opposed plates of said plates being grooved to receive said bent portions of the rods and said plates having portions beyond said central portions and connected thereto by shoulders 4, substantially as described.

14. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising the dished disks 10 and 11, the supportingpins 20 between said disks, the plate 16 secured to the disk 11, and the standard 14 and the pivoted standard 15 secured to the plate 16, substantially as described.

15. A holder for tobacco-pipes comprising the dished disks 10 and 11, the supportingpins 20 between said disks, the cap 13 on the disk 10, and means for supporting the holder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL M. SOMERS. Witnes T. F. KEHOE, G. M. BORST. 

